Why Choose AYC for Yoga Teacher Training?

Whether you are an aspiring instructor or an experienced yogi looking to deepen your practice, Asheville Yoga Center has a training program for you.

Through the guidance of an expert faculty, our 200-Hour and 300/500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training programs help future yoga instructors and those simply looking to deepen their practice to grow their confidence and expand their knowledge of yoga.

The 200-hour curriculum covers everything from anatomy to the business of yoga and everything in between. The 300-hour option includes a modular advanced-studies to help you expand your knowledge of yoga as you learn to teach and heal others.

Why Asheville Yoga Center?

We’ve been transforming lives and inspiring teachers since 1998.

The largest single location teacher-training program in the country.

We’ve perfected our programs with feedback from thousands of graduates.

Located in whacky, wild and wonderful Asheville, which heads many Top 10 lists of places to live or visit.

We have over 225 years worth of combined world-class instructor experience, sharing from many traditions and perspectives for a very well-rounded eclectic curriculum and education.

We offer over 100 yoga classes offered per week on site.

Stay with us at our Namastay Yogi House for relaxing housing conveniently located right down the road from the studio.

Asheville Yoga Center is located on a solar-powered yoga campus surrounded by like-minded supportive businesses, in what has been hailed as the Wellness Block.

The Wellness Block has plenty to do, see, eat and shop all within walking distance, plus free parking! Our street alone houses a raw vegan restaurant, café, spin studio, martial arts studio, acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist and a salon. Within a couple blocks of us are Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Harris Teeter and more massage therapists than you can throw a stick at.